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WAS #9, 2019
WELCOME TO VOLTE & 5G ROAMING ROUNDTABLE
April 8 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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AGENDA – MONDAY APRIL 8, 2019
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07:50 – 08:10 Breakfast
08:10 – 08:20 Welcome Patrick George, Session Objective & Agenda EVP Product & Business Development Introduction of all participants
08:20 – 08:50 VoLTE Roaming key 2018 takeaways Chris Lennartz,Feedback from recent survey VP Product Management Mobile Key discussion points
08:50 – 09:20 Evolution to 5G Bill Welch,Survey feedback Product Manager Mobile InnovationsKey discussion points
09:20 – 09:30 Conclusions & Wrap-up Patrick George
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ROUNDTABLE OBJECTIVE
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Stimulate discussion and information sharing with Mobile operators on VoLTERoaming and 5G Roaming
A pragmatic and interactivediscussion, allowing early adopters to find each other and share their experiences
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ROUNDTABLE INTRODUCTIONSPlease share:
• Name, Title
• Company
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OUR RAPID GROWTH TO LEADERSHIP
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FINANCIAL SEPTEMBER 2018
MANAGED SOLUTIONSPRIME PARTNERS GLOBAL LEADERSHIP
PRIME ADVISORS
INVESTORS
ACQUISITION
9th GLOBAL OPERATORBY INTERNATIONAL MINUTES
INTERNATIONAL LEADER ON VOICE AND ROAMING
+14 Bn VOICE MINUTES
REMAINS
ALTICE PARTNER FOR
VOICE and MOBILE DATA
VOICE LEADERSHIP
FEBRUARY 2019
3RD LARGEST GLOBAL
VOICE PROVIDER
TOP 3 for 4G connectivity
USD 1+ BILLION
IN REVENUES
30+ BILLION
MINUTES
1000+ CUSTOMERS
300 GLOBAL EMPLOYEES
18 OFFICES
PORTFOLIO
An end-to-end set
of solutions with leading IPX
and value added services
VOICE
SOLUTIONS
MOBILE DATA
SOLUTIONS
IoT CONNECTIVITY
SOLUTIONS
supported by
SECURITY SOLUTIONS
and
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
MANAGED SOLUTIONS MANAGEMENT
COMMUNICATIONS LEADERS
ONE GLOBAL TEAM
ACQUISITION
8th LARGEST GLOBAL
VOICE PROVIDER
+18 Bn
VOICE MINUTES
TOP 3 IPX
+660 LTE
DESTINATIONS
REMAINS
KPN PARTNER FOR
VOICE, ROAMING, MOBILE DATA, TRANSMISSION and IoT
Ex-Portugal Telecom
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VOLTE ROAMING
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WHAT WE SEE...
Still positive trends from reports and projections
Question In Rocco report –Oct 2018:
What are your key businesses focuses for the coming year and how could IPX support them?
The first two answers are :“VoLTE” x 61 MNOs“VoLTE Roaming” x 18 MNOs
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ANSWERS FROM OUR SURVEY ARE ALSO OPTIMISTIC…
Yes
0 – 12M
0 – 24M
No –
Unknown
Never
Yes
0– 12M
0 – 24M
No –
Unknown
Never
However, in practice we don’t see International VoLTE take off…….
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KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM LAST SESSIONIdentified issues are still a challenge
QUALITY: Shorter call set-up times -High voice quality-Significant improvement of customer experience vs 3G roaming (‘CS fall-back’)
HANDSETS: Different SIP clients on handsets: interoperability issues; low interest of handset manufacturers in fixing reported VoLTE issues.
Greenfield LTE mobile operators disadvantaged by handsets switching to 3G in case of no LTE coverage and remaining on 3G
ROAMING ARCHITECTURE: S8HR is preferred model over LBO -Delay of voice calls routed back to home network with S8HR, not perceived as a real issue - Lawful intercept still a challenge with S8HR, solutions in some countries start to surface
:COMMERCIAL DEPLOYMENT Inbound roaming business opportunities- Cost reduction to the network. - Common practice of using various APNs to make price differentiation between data roaming, voice roaming, and other roaming services over LTE -VoLTE interworking an essential part of an ecosystem for VoLTE hub ecosystem
VOLTE ROAMING PLAN FOR 2018 - Interest for both inbound and outbound roaming- Many expressed their ambition to implement several VoLTE roaming partners - Pending technical issue: how to ensure PLMN connected to all partners and still recognized as preferred
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VOLTE KEY QUESTIONS
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• What challenges generate this disconnect between reports, surveys and the reality?
• Your biggest challenge which restricts VoLTE roaming growth and why?
• What are the major advances you made in VoLTE in these areas since last meeting:
• Can 2G/3G shutdown as a deadline, be a motivation for deploying international Volte and why?
• How will VoLTE roaming over IPX contribute to the quality of roaming voice calls?
• Are the VoLTE Roaming Charging Model(s) hampering roll out?
• What about RCS in relation to VoLTE - do you still see that as a development priority?
• With 5G/IoT around the corner, will International VoLTE become a lower priority ?
Commercial:− Considering to launch Outbound Volte− Pricing plan regarding Discounted IOT− Better chance for Inbound roaming− Launched VoLTE roaming− Finally we got green light to start working on it.
Technical/operational:− Lawful Intercept, Emergency call, and etc.− Still waiting for lawful intercept solution− Employment of device-based steering− Easy to manage customer experience− VoLTE Inbound operational− Negotiate with current IMS provider to resolve bugs − SH8R or deciding whether using S8HR or LBO
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THE ROAD TO 5G
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WHAT AND WHEN 5G ROAMING
What will 5G Roaming
bring?
When will 5G Roaming
get here ?
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4G TIMELINES +10 YEARS
SPEED REACH EFFICENCY LATENCY
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GROUP SURVEY RESULTS – 5G
5G
Deployed
Within
1 Year
Within
2 Years
Unknown
• Are Spectrum issues resolved with 2/3G shutdowns?
• How are you going about resolving the business case problem? Do limited commercial trials help?
5G Deployment Plans5G Challenges
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KEY 5G QUESTIONS
• Lots of unanswered problems
• Problem areas –Business case, Not sure, Spectrum, Architecture, Unknown use cases and Lack of Standards
• Are there other problem areas we should be discussing?
• Is now the right time to tackle the 5G Roaming topic?
• What does the next 6 -12 months look like for you on 5G and 5G roaming?
• Is VoLTE roaming a requirement before 5G Roaming is realized?
• What do you expect from the IPX provider, compared to what we do now?
• Are there (international) 5G use cases and experiments that you can share?
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ROCCO SURVEY
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• ROCCO developed two surveys with guidance from Tier 1 MNOs about what they wanted to understand about 5G and LPWA Roaming and then asked all MNOs to give their view on the questions.
• 5G / LPWA Roaming – Are We Ready? Report 2019
• 60+ MNOs Responded to the surveys we conducted including for 5G, 32 Tier 1 MNOs in the USA, Japan, China, UK, Germany and major MNO Groups.
5G ROAMING – WHO’S LOOKING
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WRAP UP
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AGREEMENT ON TOPICS FOR NEXT TIME
No clear answer on if we should move on from VoLTERoaming topic:
• Continue with VoLTE for one more year and then revisit question at the next session?
• 5G Roaming is the clear favorite for new topic and add 5G Roaming to discussion group?
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Stay with VoLTE or move on?
New Topic
1 Year
1- 2 Years
2+ Years
Not sure
Next Topic?
IoT
5G Roaming
Other
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ROUNDTABLE HIGHLIGHTSSUMMARY
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Takeaways
Suggestions & Actions
Next Steps
Continue the discussions &
join the LinkedIn group:
https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8675420/
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